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Gift Administrator

Job description

I am delighted to be working with an amazing educational charity in search of a Gift Administrator for 3 months. We are looking for a resourceful and highly organised individual, with a keen attention to detail. The role includes a range of tasks including processing donations and regular gifts, database and financial administration and writing thank you correspondence to donors.
You should be a strong team player and a confident verbal and written communicator with good relationship-building skills, and you should also have the ability to handle multiple administrative tasks. Previous experience of working with databases and finance systems/administration is desirable, although not essential.
This role is based in offices in Victoria. At the present time, the team works a minimum of 3 days a week from the office, with many choosing to work from home the other two days a week.

Main responsibilities:
Processing donations, including Direct Debits and standing orders
Reconciling the bank account at the end of each calendar month
Drafting of correspondence to donors to thank them for their support
Assisting with coordinating fundraising and engagement mailings, both hard copy and via email
Processing team invoices and paperwork
Responding to general enquiries, through monitoring of the team inbox
Accurately maintaining constituent records on our database
Undertake other duties of a reasonable nature, as may be determined by the line manager (Philanthropy Manager) in consultation with the post-holder
This role may require occasional evening and weekend work.

Relationships:
This role will require the post-holder to work closely with the Philanthropy Manager and the wider Philanthropy and Alumnae Engagement team. The successful candidate will also work alongside the Marketing & Communications team, as well as with colleagues in schools. The post-holder will also be a point of contact for alumnae, parents, donors and other stakeholders.

Support:
Maintain and follow standard operating procedures for our Microsoft Dynamics database
Provide ad-hoc guidance to user queries, either written or verbal
With the agreement of the line manager (Philanthropy Manager), provide relief cover and support other teams as necessary. Training will be provided as appropriate.

If you have the above skills and experience and are immediately available, please apply online today!